telephoto lens try to take camp pictures or collect communications. what is surprising is how did they get on post? that is a very curious question. it s not that easy to get on to a military facility. the new york times reports that the episode in september has intensified concerns in the trump administration that china is expanding its spying efforts in the united states as the two nations are increasingly locked in auto geopolitical and economic rivalry. so i want to know from you, what s your best guess how many spies to do you think may be here in america working for china as we speak? so, unfortunately, that is a classified number. what i can tell you is that it is in the magnitude of we have counterintelligence officers, in the magnitude of thousands of chinese assets and agents that are in the united states. look, what the chinese do, they are very interested in economic espionage. they are interested in stealing military secrets, bringing them back to chinese research